Time and temperature requirements for weed seed thermal death

Weed Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-625

  Dahlquist, Ruth M ^a   Prather, Timothy S ^a   Stapleton, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl bromide alternatives; Soil solarization

Indexed keywords

HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; SEED; SOIL SOLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEED;

AMARANTHUS ALBUS; ECHINOCHLOA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SONCHUS OLERACEUS;

EID: 36549017204     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-178.1     Document Type: Article

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